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Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

Soil is often perceived simply as "dirt," but in reality, it is a dynamic, living system that acts as Earth's natural sponge.

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Two recent studies suggest that fiber-optic cables laid directly on the moon's surface could potentially detect moonquakes, ...

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have demonstrated that fiber-optic cables buried in simulated lunar soil can ...

Imagine a world without internet, email, streaming services or social media. Imagine having to write letters or call everyone ...

Global warming has caused many large whales to move from warmer waters, increasing the risk of being struck by ships. Norwegian researchers have converted existing fiber-optic cables into hydrophones, ...

An increasing number of seismologists are using fiber optic cables to detect seismic waves on Earth -- but how would this technology fare on the Moon, and what would it tell us about the deep layers ...

Scientists have successfully transmitted quantum internet signals over commercial fiber-optic cables, bringing us closer to a ...

How can fiber-optic cables help scientists study the Moon? This is what a recent study published in Earth and Space Science ...

Researchers have built a prototype fiber optic gyroscope for high resolution, real-time monitoring of ground rotations caused by earthquakes in the active volcanic area of Campi Flegrei in Naples, ...